No confusion in castle doctrine case

No new trial when jury decided case on necessity of deadly force, not retreat

In a castle doctrine defense, a trial court didn’t err when it read a model jury instruction, which included a general duty to retreat, before reading the specific castle doctrine instruction, the Michigan Supreme Court said.
The decision was very fact-based, said Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Timothy A. Baughman.
“[The instruction] was correct, it just told ...